Sanitary waste basket and stand



1935- A. E. ROESEL 2,010,789

SANI TARY WASTE BASKET AND STAND Filed March 8, 1934 jiwmfar PatentedAug. 6, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SANITARY WASTE BASKET AND STANDAdolph E. Roesel, Pine Lawn, Mo.

Application -March 8, 1934, Serial No. 714,565

Claims. (01. 24s 95) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in sanitary waste baskets.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a waste basket inwhich the waste receiver 5 or container can be in the form of anordinary paper bag so that such receiver can be easily disposed of andreplaced by a new one at very little or no expense.

Another object of the invention is to provide a stand or support adaptedto receive and support in an upright open position a paper bag such asis used in grocery, meat, and hardware stores, whereby said bags canbeused as waste receivers and can be disposed with the contents 5 thereofas often as required.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a stand or supportwhich is of simple construction so that it can be easily cleaned and islight in Weight and can be economically manu- L'U factured.

. Additional objects of the invention are to provide a device of theclass described which is highly efficient in performing its intendedfunctions and is sanitary in. use.

With these and other objects in view, my in vention consists in certainnovel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinaftermore fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my sanitary wastebasket.

Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevation of same with the waste receivershown indot-and-dash lines.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the stand.

Figure 4 is a horizontal cross section taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2.

My sanitary waste basket comprises a stand 9 and a container or wastereceptacle I E1. The stand 9 is made preferably of wire of suitablediameter. The container I9 is removably supported by said stand and ispreferably in the form of a bag such as is used by grocery stores,butcher shops, and other retail stores.

As each household always has such bags on hand, it is obvious that thecontainer can be easily replaced without any expense.

The stand 9 is formed of wire of suitable thickness bent to form sidewalls A to D, respectively, 50 and a bottom wall E, the top being leftopen to permit the insertion of the container. As ,shown, the bottomwall and each side wall is formed by a pair of cross members extendingdiagonally from corner to corner of each wall. 55 Preferably the standconsists of two sections X and Y which are alike in construction and arecomplementary to each other. Each section consists of a single length ofwire bent into the desired shape. The sections are so formed that onecross member of each wall is an integral 5 part of one of the sections.

Thus section -X consists of a member I I which extends diagonally andupwardly on side A. The lower end of this member II is bent to provide afoot I la. The upper end of member II is connected with the upper end ofa member I2 to form an upper corner I3. Member I2 extends downwardly anddiagonally of side wall B and the lower end thereof joins the lower endof member I4 to form lower corner I5. Member I4 extends diagonally andupwardly of side wall C and its upper end is connected to the upper endof member I6 to form an upper corner H. Member I6 ext-ends diagonallyand downwardly of side wall D and the lower end thereof is connected toa horizontally disposed member I8 to form a lower corner I9. Corner I9is connected to the lower end of member H and the horizontal portion I8extends diagonally and engages corner I5 to form one of the members ofthe bottom wall E. The end of portion I8 is bent downwardly and inwardlyto form a foot which is diagonally disposed from foot II a.

Section Y is similarly formed and comprises a member 2| which extendsdiagonally and upwardly of side wall A and intersects member II. Thelower end of member 2| is bent inwardly to provide a foot 22. The upperend of member II connects to the upper end of a member 23 to form acorner 24. Member 23 extends downwardly and diagonally of side wall Dand intersects member I6. I'he lower end of member 23 connects to thelower end of member 25 thereby forming a lower corner 26. Member extendsupwardly and diagonally of wall C and the upper end of said member isconnected to the upper end of member 21 to form an upper corner 28.Member 21 extends diagonally and downwardly of wall B and the lower endof said member is connected to one end of a horizontally disposed member29 to form a lower corner 39. Member 29 extends diagonally of the bottomwall E and intersects member I8. The opposite end of said member engagescorner 26 and is bent downwardly and inwardly to form a foot 3 I.

The points at which the cross members intersect each other as in theformation of side walls and the bottom wall and also where the bottommembers I8 and 29 engage the respective lower corners of the structure,are secured together 55 preferably by welding so as to form a rigidstructure. In this manner no external fastening devices are necessaryand the stand retains a neat appearance. The bag can be inserted inposition in the stand through the open upper end thereof and issupported therein without the use of any attaching or suspensiondevices. It is supported by the bottom cross members it! and 29 whilethe sides of the bag are held from bulging outwardly by the crossmembers of :the re-- spective sides walls A, B, C, and D. Thus the bagissupported or reinforced at points Where the greatest amount of bulge orstrain occurs.

For ordinary or household use the stand can be made to take a largesized bag known in commerce as No. 20. Thus a smaller sized bag commonlyused, such as No. 16, can be easily inserted in the stand.

The stand can also be made in reduced size to take care of small sizedbags to receive waste cotton and other material so that it can be usedin doctors and dentists offices and the like.

If desired, bags chemically treated to render them water-proof andvermin proof can be used instead of the commercial type.

If it is desired to use a bag of fabric or other collapsible material,such bag can be supported in position by turning the edges of the openend thereof over the upper corners i3, 28, i! and i l of the stand sothat the bag is suspended in position on the stand.

While the stand is efiiciently strong and rigid to serve the purpose, itis of light weight and of minimum surface and has no inaccessible placesor corners so that it can be easily cleaned and maintained in sanitarycondition. When the bag is filled to its capacity it can be easilyremoved from the stand and a new bag inserted in its place.

While I have shown the stand as formed of two sections for conveniencein manufacture, it can be formed of a single section or of more than twosections, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

1. A wire stand for sanitary waste receiver comprising a plurality ofsections formed of wire bent to form the side walls and the bottom wallof said stand, each wall consisting of a pair of intersecting crossmembers, each i. ember extending diagonally from one corner of the wallto the opposite corner, the ends of each section being attached to theends of the adjacent sections to form a unitary structure.

2. A sanitary waste basket stand adapted to receive a paper bag formingthe receptacle for waste material, said stand comprising a bottom wallfor supporting said bag and side walls, each of which is formed of apair of intersecting diagonally disposed members, the ends of each ofwhich are connected to the respective ends of the adjacent side wallmembers.

3. In a device of the class described, a stand for waste receptaclecomprising a pair of complementary sections, each of which is formed ofa single length of wire bent to provide one diagonal member of each sidewall and of the bottom Wall, the ends of each section being disposedadjacent to the bottom of said stand and bent to provide feet therefor.

i. In a device of the class described, an opentopped stand for wastereceptacle, said stand hav ing side walls and a bottom wall, each ofsaid walls consisting of a pair of diagonally disposed intersectingmembers, the ends of each of which are connected to the correspondingends of the cross members of the adjacent walls, each pair ofintersecting members being Welded together at the point of intersection.

5. A sanitary stand of the class described comprising a plurality ofcomplementary sections, each of which is formed of a single length ofmaterial bent to provide a plurality of diagonally disposed members,said diagonal members of each section intersecting the diagonal membersof the adjacent section to form the side walls and bottom wall of saidstand.

ADOLPH E. ROESEL.

